The End of Holden in Australia

[jetho1680]

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General Motors has announced that Holden will close down for good in Australia.

The business has been hampered by highly fragmented right-hand-drive markets, the economics of growing the brand,

and poor return-on-investment.

https://au.yahoo.com/finance/news/holden-leaves-australia-021128412.html

[rogespeed]

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@icyfroth wrote:

Tesla seems to a brand of the future in motor vehicles:

A dad of three has described the moment he thought his family were going to be crushed to death by a tree in Storm Dennis – but were saved by their Tesla car on Autopilot.

Laurence Sanderson was driving his wife Anna and their three children to Dorset for a half term holiday when the 400 year old Oak tree came crashing down as Storm Dennis battered the country on Saturday evening.

But luckily their £86,000 Model X Autopilot ''kicked in'' and slammed the emergency brakes on, saving their lives.

Incredibly, another Model X coming the other way was also crushed by the tree with the Autopilot function also saving the three occupants' lives.

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/tesla-autopilot-saves-familys-lives-after-tree-crushes-car-in-s...

Speaking about his family's brush with death, financial consultant Laurence said it was a ''miracle'' they survived.

''Another second and we would have been crushed as I wouldn't have been able to react in time. The car undoubtedly saved our lives. We would have been killed without it.''

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or high tech compensates for incompetent drivers 

[domino-710]

I'll afford it - I enjoy driving. 

[rogespeed]

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@domino-710 wrote:

I'll afford it - I enjoy driving. 

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..... with socially approved justifications for the use thereof - no longer will there be the individual right to waste one's fair share of the retail accessable resources !  

[the_great_she_elephant]

There are  those who still enjoy riding horses and driving carriages - but they don't do it on public roads any more. 

[domino-710]

The freeways only - don't allow horses or carriages.

However here - horses are seen on public roads quite often - family & friends ride the roads - especially to the beach & river for picnics.

A friend got hold of an old sulky - restored it & drives it - on the road - great fun.